Drinking-fountain.



D. W. McNEIL.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 92.

Patent-ed Dec. 28, 1915.

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TNTTED %TATEEg PATENT i DANIEL W. MCNEIL, OF CINGINNATI, 01-110, ASSIGNOB TO THE JOHN DOUGLAS COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPOBATON OF OHIO.

DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

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Specficaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec., 28, 1915.

To all whom izi' may 'cohcern: r

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. MCNEJL, a citizen `of the United States OI America, and resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Drinking Fountains, of which the following is a speciiication.

An object of my nvention is to produce a newand improved drinking fountain in which means are employed for overcoming di'fliculties encountered in fouutains now in use This and other ohjects I attain in a fountain embodying the features herein descrihed and illustrated in the drawings aecompanying and forming a part of this application.

In the drawings Figure l is a fragmental, sectional elevation of a fountain embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a drip pan or catch basin forming a detail of my invention, a section being removed :for the sake of illustration.

One of the difiiculties encountered with drinking fountains is that the standards or -pedestals oi' the' ountans vary in size and even though they are carefully shape,

render it difficult to tormed, and therefore -assemhle the parts in the operation of erecting the fountain. This difliculty is encountered more often in fountains employing porcelain or earthenware pedestals since the firing operation causes the pedestals to vary in size and shape even when they are carefully molded.

i An object of this invention, is, therefore, to provide an improved const'uction in which means are employed for overcoming the difficulties resulting from the shrinkage or distorton of thepedestals during the firing process.

Referrng to the drawings, the pedestal 3, illustrated, is formed of porcelain or earthen Ware and is open at the lower end so as to provide an entrance for the water supply and the drainage pipe 5. The lower end of the pedestal is also provided with an annular flange 6 which is employed in securing it in place on the floor or on its toundaton, the fiange 6 being provided with apertures through which a holding screw or bolt may be inserted.

The upper end of the pedestal, illustrated, is provided with an integrally formed catch basis 7 which is provided with a centrally y together. The pan located around the aperture 8 and supports of the hubbler, which, as illusthe cup 9 trated, is provided with a ported diaphragm 10, upon which the nozzle ll of the bubhler is adapted to he mounted. T preferably provide a soft Washer 12 between the nozzle and the diaphragm 10 for the purpose of providing a water tight joint. Tnwardly extending apertures 13 are formed in the walls of the cup 9 below the diaphragm 10 and are so located that they are capable of draining the water from the catch hasin into a drp pan 14 which is located immediately 'below the aperture 8 and within the perlestal.

The drip pan is preferably made of metal and is' provided with a centrally located tapped aperture 14:' into which a short section of pipe 15 is screwed. The upper end of the pipe 15 is also screw threaded, and is employed both in delivering water to the nozzle ll and also in securing the nozzle and the cup 9 in place. The lower end of the water passage through the nozzle is screw threaded and the nozzle is adapted to be-screwed onto the pipe 15 so that it, in eflect, forms a cap nut for the pipe and therehy secures the cup 9 against the shoulder surrounding the aperture 8. The supply pipe et, which is disposed within the pedeStal 3, is provided with a stop cock 16 which, as illustratech is Secured to the upper end of the pipe 4, and is located immediately adjacent to the pan 14, so that the pipe section 15 is screwed into it as well as into the aperture l l'. This locks the cock 16 and the pan 14: is also provided with a drainage aperturelG' which is adapted to receive the threaded end of the drain pipe 5 which is also located within the pedestal. The lower end of the pipe 5 communicates with a trap 17 which is located within the pedestal and communicates with a drain pipe-18.

Both the supply pipe 4 and the drain pipe 5 are secured to the drip pan l l, but the only means of connection between the drip *pan and the pedestal is the pipe 15 which structon permts of considerable variation in the relative positions of the nozzle and the pan since the ppe section can he screived varving anounts into 'both the 1107 forned and located within the pedestal that i it can occupy various positions relatively to the catch hasin 7 and the drain g'e apertures 1& Without dctriinentallvazfec ne; the oper: ation of the fountain. This arrangement of parts therefore permits the pcdestals to vary considerahlv in sliape and size without ren- )1De section 15 the aan l l the dering it difiicult to assenhle the The Construction also enables the factorv to make a' number of connections which is adi 'antageous, since the connections can then he soldered and he rendered permanent.

The operation of assenhling the part-s of the fountain is soinewhat as :tollows: The stop cock 16 and the section t of the supply and are shipped as one piece. The section of drain pipe 5 is also cut to the proper length end. The trap 17, which may he of any suitable type is Secured in place on the drain pipe 18 after which the lower end of the pipe section e' is screwed into the soclzetor sleevel), provided on the upwardly projecting end of the Water supgly pipe and located near the floor or the surface of the foundation for the pedestal 3. The plain end of the drain pipe 5 is then inserted into the trap 17 and the upper end is tightly screived into the aperture 16 of the pan t. After the connection between the pipe 5 and the trap is tightened up the pedestal is placed in position over' the pipes et and 5 so that the pipe 15 i projects upwardly through the centrally located aperture provided in the catch hasin 7. The nozzle 11,

u andthe soft Washer 12 are then located in `place on the cliaphragn 10 of the cup 9, and the cup and nozzle are turned as one piece While the nozzle 11 is being screw'ed onto the pipe section 15. The nozzle and cup are screWed down on the pipe until the lower end of the cup 9 ahuts against the shoulder surrounding the aperture 8. The floor screws can then he inserted through the apcrtures provided in the flange 6. An aperture 20 is provided in the pedestal for the purpose of giving access to the stop cock 16. In placing the pedestal over the pipes 4 and 5 it should he turned so that the aperture 20 is located opposite to the stop cock.

By providing the separately formed drain copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

Washington, D. C."

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`the spirit and scope of my invention parts.

pipe are all pernanentlv Secured together in the `factory and is screw threaded at its upper pan 14 the operation of assemhlin the parts of the :tountain s 'reatlv slni allhed and the fountaln ooerates ehectireiv even pedestal 3 vares somewhat ironi In accordance With the patent statates I have illustrated and described What I now consider to he the preferred embed nt ot my invention, but I desire it to he understood that various changes, and nodifications may he made in 'the ratus illustratecl 'Without departing appa ,treni as set for-th hy the appended claims.-

What 1 claim is:

1. In conhination'ina tain, a pedestal a catch hasin loca. on and having a drainage apertureferined therein, a separately forme-d drip pan l cated below the drainage aperture ane Within the pedestal, Water supply piping extending through and adjustahly supporting the drip pan'and projecting upwardly through the drainage aperture a waste pipe Secured to the drip pan, huhhler located 'in the catch hasin above the'drainage apertur'e and comprising a cup having a 'porteddiaphrag'm and a nozzleflocated hin ,the cup on the diaphragin and Secured to the supply piping. T w

Q ln a drinking fountain a pcdestal, a catch hasin, havirg a Water supply pipo located within the pedestal and projecting upWardl 'through the aperture a huhhler inoii ted hasin over the aperture', and

apertures forined therein and communicating With the apertnre in the hasin, a nozzlev pan. i

3. In a drinking fountain, a'pedestaL-a catch: hasin having a drainae'e *aperture separately forned clrip pan located within the pedestal adjacent to the catch hasin and below ture,a drain pipe Secured to the drip pan, a nozzle located within the catch hasin, a Water supply pipe passing through the drainage aperture and i drip pan and adapted to`secure the nozzle and drip pan in place.

` DANIEL `WQ /is-l\ ltll l 'VVitnesses: i f

`W. THoRN'roN BOGERT, E. XV. MoCAL IsTnn.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

suhstithtions i drinking ;t'oun d there- -drainage aperture," a

on the catch coniprsing a i separately formed cup having drainage t the drainage aper-vc p 

